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Photos by Sylvia Wargent see also pictures of "Old Mersea" for more images of Mersea click on to picturedinessex website |
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Growing old gracefully. |
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Coast Road cottages at high tide. |
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Evening light over the Anchorage |
Horse Chestnuts in Empress |
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View over Feldy Marsh from St Botolph's Cottages The Lane spring |
| Beach Road leading down to the sea with "The Boathouse" in the distance This house has since been demolished and rebuilt in similar style In Edwardian days the old Beach House was known for its "musical soirees" |
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Cottages at The Nothe (The North) in winter One of the oldest parts of Mersea situated at the far western end of the island on a footpath heading north towards The Strood This location used to be a Coopers yard (for making barrells) and was once called "Coopers Quay" The cottages are reputedly made of ships timberwreck and are susceptible to flooding - but with such a lovely view - who cares! |
East Road looking west showing the kitchen garden wall of Brierly Hall Brierly is a listed building circa 1800 it was once called Leakeys Hall |
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winter snow Mersea Beach |
spring at Peartree Cottages East Road These cottages are listed buildings circa 1741 |
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cottage garden in Mersea an entry in the Mersea in Bloom "Best Front Gardens" contest |
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Hollyhocks - Mersea Hollyhocks thrive in the sheltered warmth of The Lane |
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Top of Monkey Steps Coast Road |
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How not to attempt to cross The Strood at High Tide |
| St Botolph's Cottages overlooking Feldy off The Lane |
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Primrose Cottage The Square Coast Road |
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Cherry blossom in Churchfields The Council houses here replaced the old Coastguard cottages which burnt down |
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Front wall of
cottages known as The Square Coast Road |
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Birds of the Blackwater pictures of some of the bird species than can be seen feeding on Mersea marshes Little Egret |
| Curlew Sandpiper |
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| Cormorants |
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| Oystercatchers |
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Brent Geese migrate to the estuary in autumn |
| Dabchick or Little Grebe |
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Mersea from the air showing the far west of the island |
| Mersea from the air The Strood divides to east and west standing out clearly the two Fishing lakes on Wellhouse Hill |
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A Mersea Cottage in The Square |
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setting off for Salcott Creek Dabchick Cadets Sailing Night below St Peters Road |
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St Peters Road looking towards the sea |
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yet another Mersea sunset |
| Bocking Hall one of the oldest farms on Mersea originally a "manor" of mersea in its own right The Hall is actually at East Mersea and has a Georgian facade disguising a Tudor building |
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| Firs Chase |
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grey seals can sometimes be seen in the Pyefleet |
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the working harbour at Mersea |
| The gardens of The Square - Coast Road showing the "other side" of the Barometer |
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Smacks off Heybridge Lock lining up for race to Osea Island |
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